Description

SK 45 SW RIPLEY DERBY ROAD, Butterley
(west side)

4/76 Butterley Station

II

Railway station, now museum. 1852, restored c1980 for Ambergate, Nottingham Boston
and Eastern Junction Railway. Rock faced ashlar with flush stone dressings and
quoins. Hipped slate roof with wide bracketed eaves and twin banded stone ridge
stacks. Single storey and 4 bays, wider bays to either side projecting slightly.
Chamfered plinth and rock faced sill band. Central doorcase has moulded jambs and
lintel with double half glazed doors below plain overlight. To either side, semi-
circular headed plain sashes with moulded quoined surrounds and bracketed sills.
Similar paired windows with central banded colonette to each advanced bay. Platform
elevation in similar style except side bays project further and have ironwork screen
between to the front, now disused. Source: Robin Leleux 'A Regional History of
the Railways of Great Britain', Vol 9 The East Midlands.

Listing NGR: SK4023051938

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Butterley railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5002997

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)